Improvement in temporary binders



A. A. GOLDSMITH.

Temporary Binder.

Patent'ed March 2,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I ABRAM A. GOLDSMITH, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TEMPORARY BINDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,4 [9, dated March2, 1875; application filed November 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM A. GOLDSMITH, of Charleston, in the county ofCharleston and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in. Temporary Binders; and I do hereby declare that thefollowin g is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawingsmaking a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a transverse section ofmy letter file and binder. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my needle, and Fig.3 is a transverse sectional view of my letter file and binder. Fig. 4 isa bottom view of the same.

This invention has relation to needle letterfiles, which are designedfor filing away letters in the order of their arrival or dates, and forsubsequently binding the same in book-form; and the nature of theinvention consists in a detachable pointed and shouldered needle orneedles, which are inserted into vertical perforations in one edge of aboard, and are prevented from casual displacement therefrom by means ofkeys inserted into the eyes of the needles below the board, whereby thesaid keys may be removed and a thread inserted into the eye and drawnthrough the mass of letters after the needle, thereby providing aconvenient and useful means for putting let ters in shape for being tiedtogether in bookform, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the annexed drawings, A designates the board of my improvedletter-file, which is mortised into or otherwise suitably secured to twoside strips, to a, which raise it slightly above the base of the saidstrips, as shown in Fig. 2, and which project slightly above the upperhorizontal surface for the purpose ofobtaining a means of holding theletters in place upon the board. b b designate two preferablycylindrical sockets, which are inserted and rigidly secured intovertical perforations through one of the edges of the board A, intowhich are inserted two needles, B, having, in cross-section,

triangular blades 0, which gradually enlarge from their points to thecenter of their length, from which they decrease, and finally merge intocylindrical shanks 0, below which is a reduced cylindrical part, 0",through which an eye, d, is formed.

It will be observed that this construction insures a shoulder, d, whichwill prevent the said needles from penetrating too far through thesockets b b, as shown in Fig. 1, when they are placed in position,points upward, in the board.

0 designates a spring-key, which is passed into the eye d of theneedles, and prevents their upward displacement.

WVhen a sufficient number of letters have been placed upon the needles Iwithdraw the keys 0 from their eyes, and having passed a suitable cordor wire, 6, into them, I draw the said needles through the mass ofletters carrying the cord or Wire with them, as shown in Fig. 3, when,by detaching the cord from the needles, the two ends thereof may be tiedtogether, thereby forming a book, as it is called, wherein the lettersare arranged in the order of their reception, and in convenient form forfuture reference.

The center of the blade of the needle being larger than either the shankor the reduced portion 0 thereof below the shoulder cl, the perforationsin the letters will be larger than any part of the said needles, hencethey may be readily and easily drawn through the mass, and all fear ofthe needles becoming un threaded is effectually obviated.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The filin g-needles B, havin g triangular blades 0, merging intocylindrical portions 0 shoulders d, reduced portions 0 and eyes d,substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

ABRAM A. GOLDSMITH.

Witnesses:

I. N. BEAUDROT, R. F. FRIEND.

